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FTA ‘possible’ before India elections, says U.K. Trade Minister Kemi Badenoch

A trade deal being negotiated with India is "possible" to be concluded before a general election in the country but Britain does not want to use that as a deadline, U.K. Secretary of State for Business and Trade Kemi Badenoch has said. The Minister in charge of signing off on the free trade agreement, now in its 14th round of …

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FTA talks in last lap but hard to set a deadline: U.K.’s Badenoch

Official parleys for freezing the U.K.-India Free Trade Agreement may be in the final lap, but it is hard to set a timeline for its conclusion as “the hardest bits of any negotiation tend to come towards the end”, U.K. Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch said on Thursday. While stressing that visa liberalisation did not come under the purview …

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The India-UK free trade agreement is expected to be clinched this year but it won't involve any boost of free movement visa offers for Indians, British trade minister in charge of the negotiations has said. Kemi Badenoch, who was in New Delhi last month to kick off the sixth round of FTA talks with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, …

The free trade agreement between India and the UK is anticipated to be finalised this year, but the British trade minister in charge of the negotiations has stated that it won't include any increase in the number of free movement visa offers for Indians. Kemi Badenoch, who was in New Delhi last month to begin the sixth round of FTA …

Kemi Badenoch, United Kingdom’s International Trade Secretary, has reiterated that issuance of more student visas for India is not a part of the anticipated Free Trade Agreement. In a recent interview with the U.K.’s The Times, Ms. Badenoch, who was in India last month for the sixth round of discussion on the India-U.K. FTA, said that Britain left the European …

After missing Deepavali deadline, India-U.K. FTA talks restart with Goyal-Badenoch meeting

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and his British counterpart Kemi Badenoch held the sixth round of discussion on the India-U.K. Free Trade Agreement which had been stalled over multiple issues, including reported Indian demand for greater number of student visas and political turmoil in the U.K. Ms. Badenoch, who arrived on Monday, held a round of meeting with Mr. …

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and his U.K. counterpart Kemi Badenoch on Tuesday reviewed the progress of talks for the proposed free trade agreement between the nations, an official said. The U.K. Trade Secretary is here to kickstart the sixth round of free trade agreement negotiations and hold bilateral talks with Mr. Goyal. Reduction or elimination of customs duty …

Stop grading terrorists as good and bad: India in U.N. U.K. Trade Minister in India to ‘kickstart’ new round of FTA talks U.K. Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch arrives in New Delhi on December 12 to “kickstart” the sixth round of Free Trade Agreement negotiations and hold bilateral talks with her Indian counterpart Piyush Goyal. Follow ASEAN path on Myanmar, says …

India-UK Free Trade Agreement: Nearly five months after their first meeting, India and the United Kingdom will again start negotiations on Free Trade Agreement on Monday. Notably, this will be the sixth round of meetings where UK's Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch, who is currently in India, and her Indian counterpart Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal will hold a face-to-face meeting …

The free trade agreement negotiations with India are no longer working towards a Diwali deadline, U.K. Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch has confirmed. During a visit to a Scotch whisky distillery on October 13, the Cabinet minister in charge of the FTA negotiations at the Department for International Trade said the deal being lined up with India would bring great wins …